Doctor Who Geeks (not so) Anonymous

[3rdTriMossTer]

(After our antenatal thread became somewhat hijacked with talk of Doctor Who)

Hello,

My name's (usually) MsMoss and I've been a Doctor Who Geek for over twenty years now. I grew up with McCoy, stood by it through its years in the wilderness and now watch, proud but slightly bemused, as it is no longer shameful to admit you're a fan.

Anyone else with me? You love the new series but don't want the old to be forgotten?

Join me, stand up and be counted!

which one is the saxon bloke btw?

Matron btw is the same as Jessica Stephenson, she has changed her surname upon entering the instution of marriage.

i thought she was absolutely wonderful in it, she's a deeply talented woman. [crush]

and No Make-up!!!

She was fab. Not quite sure how I'd cope with DT looking at me like this.

[thudding on the floor emoticon]

Well if he does have children with her then wouldn't one of them then end up being Susan's parent? And that would tie into that storyline from yonks ago, and the film.

I am not a huge Doctor Who fan but last nights episode was really good, the first time I haven't read a paper or magazine while dts (5) watch it!

I'm lost - who is Susan? And what's all this master talk. Someone please explain to a Dr Who novice.

Susan was a companion from very early on in the original series who called the Doctor 'Grandfather'.

aaah, thank you

You're most welcome..

oooooooooooooooooh, you know i don't think that's true but it's definitely An Interesting Thought.

oooooh
there's far too many posts on here for me to read
....so soz if i'm repeating
but....my mate told me that kylie was in this xmas Dr who..
can this be true???

Did you notice the names of 'John Smith's' parents -Verity and Sidney?

Is that significant in any way Rusty?

RTD said on Dr Who Confidential that Verity was for the first producer of Dr Who - Verity Lambert. Can't remember who Sidney was though - something similar.

Verity Lambert was the series' first producer in 1963 & Sidney Newman was BBC's Head of Drama who commissioned the original series. Nice touch I thought.

aaaw, that is nice.

I looked up the actor who played Tim on IMDB because he looked familiar. I was a bit to see that he was born in 1990, so he's 17 now, he looks about 12 on screen.

How many of you are aware that this week's episode (and next) started life as one of the Virgin Books DW novels in the 90s? With the Sylvester McCoy doctor?

And do you care?

A lot of the fans seem to be unduly fussed about it, but I'm sure it doesn't bother the 7.5 million "normal" people who tune into Who every week.

I've never regarded those books as part of the DW 'canon', so it doesn't bother me tbh.

They were officially sanctioned by the BBC - my experience is that the people who like them call them canon and those who don't, don't!

I can't start retconning out of existence any stories I don't like, though, or I'd snap my fingers and lose "Time-Flight" - in fact, I'd quite happily lose "Time-Flight" for, say, "Goth Opera", a much more rich and fun and well-written Peter Davison story than "Time-Flight", written by Paul Cornell (who wrote this current 2-parter on TV) and which just happens to be a book.....

The current TV team don't even use the concept of "canon", and good on them!

You can always just call them 'alternative Universe' I suppose.....

Agree with your opiniion on Timeflight . Personally I'd discard a lot of Colin Baker....

Personally I'd discard a lot of Colin Baker....

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quoted for truth, as they say...

I was UD - but only cos I watched confidential and it said on there! lol.

A nice little thing relating to the notebook from Saturday's episode!